The trouble with the media is that it seems unable to distinguish between the end of the world and a bicycle accident.

Here there is no hope, and consequently no duty, no work, nothing to be gained by praying, nothing to be lost by doing what you like. Hell, in short, is a place where you have nothing to do but amuse yourself.

If you strike a child, take care that you strike it in anger, even at the risk of maiming it for life. A blow in cold blood neither can nor should be forgiven.

How can what an Englishman believes be hearsay? It is a contradiction in terms.

A man's interest in the world is only an overflow from his interest in himself.

For nearly twenty years I have been a published author... But I have never yet seen a book of mine offered for sale in a shop window.

Ladies and gentlemen are permitted to have friends in the kennel, but not in the kitchen.